Dromomeryx

Dromomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Dromomeryx borealis fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Palaeomerycidae
Subfamily: Dromomerycinae
Genus: Dromomeryx
Douglass, 1909

Dromomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America.[1]

References

  1. Semprebon, G.; Janis, C.; Solounias, N. (2004). "The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (2): 427. doi:10.1671/2431.
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